In fact, the name resume is a bit elegant. No wonder many people regard it as a "report card". If we understand it as "life report card", it will be more accurate. Someone said metaphorically: "CV is a shopping list arranged in chronological order, which lists what you have bought over the years, not just describing your shopping history over the years".
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In Europe, except Britain, although every country has different requirements on the format and content of resumes, even if it is just looking for a job, all countries require resumes, not casual resumes. In the United States, it seems that only applying for a university requires CV, which may be a small difference between European and American cultures.
The general opinion is that if you are looking for a job, you should generally write about two resumes (A4), which is already a lot of space. Unless you have rich professional experience, you can write more. If you apply for a university, it depends on the specific requirements, that is to say, the temperature. Sometimes the more the better? .
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